The history of the Five Indian Nations depending on the province of New-York in America

Creator

Colden, Cadwallader

Place

[New-York]

Publisher

Printed and sold by William Bradford, in New-York

Date

1727

Notes

Dedication signed Cadwallader Colden

Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces

"A short vocabulary of some words and names used by the French authors, which are not generally understood by the English that understand the French language, and may therefore be useful to those that intend to read the French accounts, or compare them with the accounts now published", p. xi-xiii, printed in parallel columns, gives the names used by the French for the tribes of the Five Nations compared to the names used by the English or the Five Nations tribes, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy including the old Five Nations of New York, the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca peoples

Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ c² A-P⁴ (P4 verso blank)

Printed as part 1 only; parts 1 and 2 first published under title: The history of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are dependent on the province of New York in America, and are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world, London, 1747

Bookseller's advertisement: p. [1], 3rd group

Errata: p. [1], 3rd group

Local notes

John Carter Brown Library copy has engraved portrait of author from later edition bound as frontispiece

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: JCB Cat. lists folded map in collation; no map found in this copy